NEE HAO is an arts, culture and life magazine which appeals to anyone interested in British Chinese culture. Conceived in 2005 by a team of volunteers in a bedroom , the goal is to create a project where information regarding British Chinese culture can be expressed in a fun, artistic and informative way with news, stories and events from both United Kingdom and China. This is achieved via local and global real life and web community contributions. It’s a resource that promotes a deeper understanding of British and Chinese culture in a relevant way serving as a platform and mouthpiece for the community to get opinions or issues heard, for meeting people and networking purposes. NEE HAO MAGAZINE: PROMOTING CHINA TO UK, AND UK TO CHINA Nee Hao Media is an independent organisation only answerable to its audience, and board of advisors. What does Nee Hao mean? Nee Hao literally means, “You Good’ in English, and is equivalent to saying ‘Hello’. The Pinyin spelling is Ni Hao. Nee Hao magazine is spelt slightly differently (but phonetically sounding the same) because we want our readers to differentiate between the official Pinyin phrase and our brand which is a company for people who…

British-Chinese music video: The Social Generation by Max Sleigh

Max Sleigh( 梁悦信) is an independent UK-Chinese music artist, writing and producing his own blend of Chinese and English songs.

Max is ¼ Chinese (his paternal Grandma is from Hong Kong), ¾ British and his Grandfather used to play as a professional session bass player. Learning Chinese and making British-Chinese music has been a way of Max finding his roots and himself.

Max has been writing and recording songs since his mid teens and, in January 2017, he performed twice on the Trafalgar Square stage in the largest annual Chinese New Year celebrations outside of Asia. His following on Chinese social media platform Weibo is growing fast and has already passed 13,000 followers. He is now looking to keep this number growing and make his sound heard around the world.

His latest music video, The Social Generation, is a response to how excessive use and addiction to social media has, in many ways, made many of us anti-social.

The lyrics are mostly in English, featuring a third verse rapped in Mandarin Chinese, and talk about treasuring our loved ones and breaking away from the digital world.

The music video creates a world where the protagonists are controlled by the audience of the TV show and have to take “selfie” videos whenever the TV viewers tell them to. This draws a parallel with the reality we live in now, where we often present a heavily edited and unrealistic version of our lives online to impress others, and yet deep down, the fake news, edited personalities and lives we see online lead us to crave real-life relationships and connections.

The Social Generation is a journey of those taking the “selfies” and their audience, both becoming disillusioned with virtual reality and trying to escape to the real world.